iPad mini hurting iPad 4’s sales: Analyst

NEW DELHI: Apple iPad mini, the recently-launched smaller version of the company tablet, seems to have become a runaway hit, but at the expense of its bigger counterpart. There are indications it may be cannibalising the sales of the fourth generation...

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Google, Facebook, IBM may offer jobs to IIT-M grads

CHENNAI: For the first time, a host of companies, including luxury car makers Mercedes Benz, Rolls Royce and Toshiba Corporation would be among the new firms to offer placements to prospective students of IIT Madras here.Other companies participating...

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Google, 100 new companies seek IIT-M grads

CHENNAI: For the first time, a host of companies, including luxury car makers Mercedes Benz, Rolls Royce and Toshiba Corporation would be among the new firms to offer placements to prospective students of IIT Madras here.Other companies participating...

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SmartTV sales to touch 54 million in 2012: Informa

NEW DELHI: Over 220 million SmartTV sets will be sold worldwide in 2017, up from the 54 million that will be sold in 2012, according to Informa Telecoms & Media's latest forecasts. 31% of households worldwide will own at least one Smart TV in five...

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294 websites hacked in Jan-Oct: Government

NEW DELHI: The government said 294 websites belonging to various ministries and government departments were hacked in the January-October 2012 period."A total number of 201, 303, 308 and 294 websites belonging to various ministries and departments in...

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Samsung ordered to pay $5.5m to ex-employee

SEOUL: A South Korean court has ordered Samsung Electronics to pay millions of dollars to a former employee who developed key technologies for the firm's lucrative TV business, an official said on Thursday.The ex-worker surnamed Chung had filed a suit...

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Google allows 10GB attachments in Gmail

NEW DELHI: Do you feel the 25MB limit for attachments in Gmail is not enough? Well Google seems to have heard your prayers. The search giant has integrated Google Drive-based attachments in its email service so that users can now send files up to 10GB...

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Google's 'propaganda' slammed by German politicians

BERLIN: Senior German politicians have denounced as propaganda a campaign by Google to mobilise public opinion against proposed legislation to let publishers charge search engines for displaying newspaper articles.Internet lobbyists say they are worried...

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Cellphone addiction is similar to compulsive buying: Study

WASHINGTON: Cellphone addiction is similar to compulsive buying and credit card misuse, a new study has found.Cellphone and instant messaging addictions are driven by materialism and impulsiveness and can be compared to consumption pathologies like compulsive...

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Google's fears of internet control allayed by ITU

NEW DELHI: Members of International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN agency for information and communication technologies, have resolved to refrain from taking any unilateral or discriminatory action that could impede another member state from...

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Nokia wins wireless patent ruling against RIM

HELSINKI: Nokia has won its dispute with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) over use of its patents related to wireless local access network (WLAN) technology, the Finnish company said.Announcing that an arbitrator had ruled in its favor, Nokia...

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Nokia wins wireless patent ruling against BlackBerry-maker RIM

HELSINKI: Nokia has won its dispute with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) over use of its patents related to wireless local access network (WLAN) technology, the Finnish company said.Announcing that an arbitrator had ruled in its favor, Nokia...

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Vodafone launches security solution for enterprises

NEW DELHI: Vodafone India launched a solution, Secure Device Manager, for its corporate clients which will allow enterprises secure company data on mobile handsets and tablet PCs of their employees.Vodafone India is the first Indian telecom operator...

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6 tips to keep your emails secret

If David Petraeus couldn't keep his affair from prying eyes as CIA director, then what chance does an average person have? Experts say people underestimate how transparent digital communications have become."Hacking and spying went mainstream a decade...

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Real estate cos go for reputation managment on Facebook, Twitter

NEW DELHI: If you are one of the thousands of homebuyers whose house-warming plans have been delayed by two years because of developers being behind schedule, where else to vent but on social media? According to real estate research firm Liases Foras,...

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Intel launches new Itanium processor series

BANGALORE: Computer chipmaker Intel launched a new series of processors, Itanium 9500, which the company claimed is over two-times faster than its previous generation processors.The new Intel Itanium processor 9500 series is more than twice as powerful...

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SAP woos students to promote entrepreneurship

BANGALORE: Global enterprise software major SAP India hosted a hi-tech event here on Monday to promote entrepreneurship among 5,000 students from 200 universities across the country and bridge the industry-academic gap. "The 'Techniversity 2012' is...

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Apple, Google may be in trouble as EU hints at probe

BRUSSELS: EU regulators are examining the link between technology platform owners and application developers, the EU's antitrust chief said, in a move that could spell trouble for Apple and Google, leaders in a burgeoning industry. EU Competition Commissioner...

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Ahmedabad amongst the top 10 cities in India in e-commerce: Myntra.com

AHMEDABAD: Ahmedabad ranks amongst the top 10 cities in India in e-commerce, according to a recent city-specific analysis done by Myntra.com.The report says over 500 orders are made from Gujarat every day on Myntra.com with the average order value in...

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iPhone 5: Apple iOS beats Google Android in US

HELSINKI: Early success for the iPhone 5 smartphone has helped Apple to overtake Google's Android software in the United States, research firm Kantar WorldPanel said on Tuesday.Apple's US market share in the 12 weeks to October 31 more than doubled from...

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CIOs need to change perspective about role: Survey

NEW DELHI: Gearing up to be a Chief Information Officer (CIO)? It might just pay to combine your technology acumen with some business skills-as companies are increasingly looking at CIOs who understand business as well.CIOs must refresh the outdated...

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Google, Apple, Yahoo, Microsoft websites hacked in Pak

The Pakistani websites of approximately as many as 300 companies, including that of tech giants Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Apple, were hacked and defaced during the weekend by a Turkish group named Eboz. Media reports have previously attributed around...

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Google to organise education summit in India

MUMBAI: For the first time in India, Google is conducting workshop for Educators by introducing various education apps in collaboration with InOpen, an IIT Bombay spinoff.The 'Google Education India Summit' is a high intensity two day events that focuses...

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Google to hold education summit in India

MUMBAI: For the first time in India, Google is conducting workshop for Educators by introducing various education apps in collaboration with InOpen, an IIT Bombay spinoff.The 'Google Education India Summit' is a high intensity two day events that focuses...

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Nokia unveils 2 Asha cellphones

HELSINKI: Struggling Finnish cellphone maker Nokia unveiled on Monday two new cellphone models, the Asha 205 and the Asha 206, pricing both models at around $62, excluding subsidies and taxes.Both models will go on sale this quarter.Nokia unveiled a...

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Your smartphone can help you stay young

LONDON: Owning a smartphone, watching reality TV shows and beating younger relatives at games are some of the secrets to keeping young, a new study has claimed.Researchers also found that silver surfers, who spend more time with their grandchildren or...

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Infosys announces winners of Infosys Prize 2012

PTI Nov 24, 2012, 03.59PM IST (Infosys announced the winners…) BANGALORE:Infosys announced the winners of Infosys Prize 2012 for outstanding research across six catogories --Engineering and Computer Science,Humanities, Life Sciences,...

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HP's allegations don't add up: Autonomy founder

Nov 24, 2012, 05.08PM IST (Mike Lynch, mathematics…) LONDON: Mike Lynch, mathematics whiz and former boss of Autonomy, said he can't see how accusations leveled by Hewlett-Packard of dodgy accounting add up to a $5 billion writedown on...

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HP's allegations don't add up: Autonomy founder

Nov 24, 2012, 05.08PM IST (Mike Lynch, mathematics…) LONDON: Mike Lynch, mathematics whiz and former boss of Autonomy, said he can't see how accusations leveled by Hewlett-Packard of dodgy accounting add up to a $5 billion writedown on...

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Buyer's guide: Which tablet to buy

NEW YORK: Tablets are at the top of many wish lists but which one to buy? The choice used to be pretty limited, with the iPad dominating the latecomers. But this year, the field is more even, as tablets from Apple's competitors have matured. In addition,...

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Shopping online? Here's how to get the best deals

NEW YORK: In a one-day blitz of shopping, consumers are expected to empty their wallets of more than $1 billion on Cyber Monday, the online shopping spree on Nov. 26, according to spending projections from research firm, ComScore.The day follows closely...

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How Google Maps helped in completing 5,000 mile walk

SYDNEY: A former Marine Sergeant has reportedly completed a 408 day, 5000 mile (8047 kilometre) walk through nine countries in south-east Asia, using Google Maps.Winston Fiore, 27 made this journey to raise funds for the International Children's Surgical...

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Nokia's imaging chief Damian Dinning to quit

HELSINKI: Nokia's long-time imaging chief Damian Dinning has decided to leave the loss-making cellphone maker at the end of this month, the company said in a statement.The strong imaging capabilities of the new Lumia smartphone models are a key sales...

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Infosys announces winners of Infosys Prize 2012

BANGALORE:Infosys announced the winners of Infosys Prize 2012 for outstanding research across six catogories --Engineering and Computer Science,Humanities, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences.Dr Ashish Lele of National chemical...

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HP's allegations don't add up: Autonomy founder

LONDON: Mike Lynch, mathematics whiz and former boss of Autonomy, said he can't see how accusations leveled by Hewlett-Packard of dodgy accounting add up to a $5 billion writedown on the software business he sold them last year.HP said on Tuesday it...

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Sony worse off than Panasonic: Fitch

TOKYO: Panasonic has a better chance of surviving Japan's consumer electronics slump than rival Sony because of its unglamorous but stable appliance business of washing machines and fridges, credit rating agency Fitch said on Friday. Fitch cut Panasonic's...

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Anti-Israel group hacks bank website

NEW DELHI: It was reported earlier this morning that the website of AFII was allegedly hacked by hackers claiming to be from Egypt. It may be noted that AFII Corp, a Singapore based investment bank, represents several top India-based companies based...

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Spectrum winners to make payments by December 1

NEW DELHI: Winners of recently held 2G spectrum auction will have to make payment, either in full or at least 33 per cent of the due amount, by December 1, the Department of Telecom said."... the last date for payment is December 1, 2012. If the payment...

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Chandigarh's IT-BPO sector grew fastest in 2011-12

CHANDIGARH: With around 22% growth in turnover in 2011-12 IT and ITeS industry in Chandigarh region has outpaced main hubs like Bangalore, Pune, Gurgaon. The companies operating in Chandigarh performed much better with over 40% growth in turnover despite...

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Why companies are banning BYOD at work

More and more companies are banning employees from using their own devices, like personal mobile phones, at work. A study by ISACA, a non-profit global association of over one lakh IT audit, security, risk and governance professionals, has found that...

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Ajmal Kasab 'hanging out' on Twitter

NEW DELHI: Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab's hanging on November 21 in the Yerwada jail of Pune made it one of the most talked about events online in the recent years as netizens took to social media in a big way. Sites like Facebook and Twitter were...

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